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The Map That Changed the World: The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
The Map That Changed the World: The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
Simon Winchester
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Simon Winchester has a very simple formula, of which The Map That Changed the World is a perfect example--namely that the history we have forgotten is infinitely more interesting than the history with which we are all familiar. After the success of The Surgeon of Crowthorne, which documented the... Read More

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